In my previous Reticella post here , Susan B kindly left a comment suggesting a look at Giuliana Buonpadre's colourful work and her book...

I  recently listened to Phillipa Turnbull's interview with Gary Parr on his podcast Fiber Talk . I was interested to hear her comment t...

I have almost finished the spectacle case I started some weeks ago, fitting in a few minutes here and there to work on it. Read about it in ...

After taking a bit of a break from the  canvas work spectacle case , it has progressed by a few more rounds. Somehow, it's surprising ho...

Reticella embroidery has always intrigued me. It's a form of whitework embroidery that combines cutwork and needlemade lace and it's...

I hope that you had a happy Christmas and that 2019 will be a very good year for you - healthy,  rewarding and happy. This Christmas was t...

Earlier in June I started a piece of purple Bargello, or Florentine, that I wrote about in previous posts here and here . As I worked...

The progress on the canvas work spectacle case, that I wrote about in this post here , has been spectacularly slow. There's been more un...

I've started to stitch a little kit that I've had for years. It's a spectacle case designed by Kathryn Cilliers-Louw. The needle...

A little stitching inspiration for the weekend from the needle of Marie E. Pieres . Marie E. Pieres This portrait is the work o...